[ti:Keep Ya Head Up] [ar:2Pac] [al:BillBoard Top 100 Of 1994] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac (图派克) [00:02.67]Some say tha blacker tha berry [00:04.35]Tha sweeter tha juice [00:13.70]I say tha darker tha flesh and tha deeper tha roots [00:16.57]I give a hollar to my sisters on welfare [00:19.50]Tupac cares but don't nobody else care [00:23.15]I know they like ta beat ya down a lot [00:26.16]And when ya come around tha block brothers clown a lot [00:29.14]But please don't cry dry ya eyes [00:30.89]Never let up [00:32.02]Forgive but don't forget girl keep ya head up [00:34.70]And when he tells you you ain't nothin [00:37.70]Don't believe him [00:38.82]And if he can't learn ta love ya you should leave him [00:41.63]Cuz sister you don't need him [00:44.13]I ain't tryin ta gash up but I just callem how I see em [00:49.80]Ya know what makes me unhappy [00:52.80]When brothers make babies [00:54.99]And leave a young mother ta be a pappy [00:57.04]And since we all came from a woman [00:58.85]Got our name from a woman [00:59.97]And out game from a woman [01:01.28]I wonder why we take from our women [01:03.04]Why we R**e our women [01:04.10]Do we hate our women [01:05.34]I think it's time ta k**l for our women [01:07.08]Time ta heal our women [01:08.09]Be real to our women [01:09.15]And if we don't [01:09.96]Well have a race of babies [01:11.21]That hate tha ladies that make tha babies [01:12.76]And since a man can't make one [01:15.70]He has no right ta tell a woman when and where ta create one [01:19.57]So will tha real men get up [01:21.69]I know your fed up ladies [01:24.19]But keep ya head up [01:25.49]Chorus [01:26.92]Eeewww child things are gonna get easier [01:29.99]Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter [01:35.29]Eeewww child things are gonna get easier [01:41.40]Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter [01:46.71]I remember marvin gay usta sing ta me [01:49.47]He had me feelin like black was tha thing ta be [01:52.08]And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuff [01:55.01]I thought we had it rough we always had enough [01:57.76]I often huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke tha rules [02:00.56]Ran with tha local crew and had a smoke or two [02:03.37]And realize momma really paid tha price [02:05.38]She nearly gave her life ta raise me right [02:09.25]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dreams [02:12.44]Of how I'd rock tha mic and make it to tha big screen [02:15.32]I'm tryin ta make a dollar out of fifteen cents [02:17.32]Its hard ta be legit and still pay tha rent [02:20.99]And in tha end it seems I'm headin for tha penn [02:23.43]I try and find my friends but they're blowin in tha wind [02:26.55]Last night my buddy lost his whole family [02:28.23]Its gonna take tha man in me [02:30.42]Ta conquer this insanity [02:31.17]It seems tha rain will never let up [02:33.78]I try ta keep my head up and still keep from getting wet up [02:37.27]You know it's funny when it rains it pours [02:39.77]They got money for wars but can't feed tha poor [02:42.46]Sad there ain't no hope for tha youth and tha truth is [02:45.95]There ain't no hope for tha future [02:48.27]And then they wonder why we crazy [02:50.51]I blame my mother for turning my brother into a crack baby [02:54.01]We ain't meant ta survive cause it's a setup [02:54.75] [02:56.61]And even though ya fed up [02:58.18]Ya got ta keep ya head up